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In Reply to: "Vanity Fair" posted by rico on September 02, 2004 at 13:05:15:
This film had almost undecipherable dialog, made even more difficult by the thick British accents. I've heard the DVD is little better.So, there's bad sound from the mix, there's bad sound from the theatre system, and -- most importantly -- bad sound from digital.
That's why I try to select a screening with Sony SDDS, far the best of the lot. DTS really sucks!
clark
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Maybe it's my aging ears, but the wife and I have watched a few english language movies with the english subtitles on. Saves us from repeating parts that we didn't catch.
In Vino Veritas
* In Clark´s fashion of speaking.....
I have the DVD of Gosford Park and have had to use the close captioning in order to follow it. The mix, the accents, and Altman's overlapping dialog all contribute to an unlistenable experience.I have posted last year that SONY's SDDS sound, especially the eight track version, is superior to its competitors but I hardly think that DTS "sucks", either in theaters or on DVD. I always pick the DTS sound track on DVD over Dolby if it is available and my processor superimposes a matrix 6.1 mix from 5.1 material. I also use the DTS Neo 6 matrix to derive a six channel mix on stereo music (lps, LDs, tapes). I never liked "fake" multi-channel until I heard the DTS Neo 6 codec.
I do wish SONY had marketed a home version of their theater SDDS sound.
x
Funny - I really like Gosford Park and I have seen it at least 3 times. First in the theater, and at least 2x at home, viewing my DVD copy. I do not recall any problems catching the dialog. (I hope I didn't miss a lot of the movie :-)I recently watched the DVD's of the BBC production "The Office" and I had a very tough time with both the dialog levels and the British slang. I did find using the subtitles once in a while to be helpful. BTW, The Office is very funny, especially the first season......
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